Allies Smash Cassino Amid Six Hour Shelling
Allied guns rained heavy and unisoned fire on Cassino during a six hour bombardment as German assaults against the Anzio bridgehead were repulsed. Allied air power and artillery formed a vast umbrella, blunting a major German frontal drive toward the Anzio beachhead and monastery atop Abbey Hill.
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Anzio
Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
APLES
A.P
Cassino
Mediterranean
Abbey Hill
Mmere a
Japan Reports Strong Mechanized Push in Truk Attack
Tokyo broadcasts claim powerful mechanized units and airpower supported the American assault on Truk as fierce fighting raged. US and Japanese sources diverge on ground landings and the extent of involvement, with NBC and Domei notes citing carrier planes and intensified clashes while officials kept silent.
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Tokyo
U.S
South Pacific
YORK
A.P
Tokyo radio
Truk
Bomei agency
United States foreign broadcast intelligence service
JAP NAVY
NBC
Burns Placed in Cabinet by Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
London correspondent recalls how Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman surprised John Burns by naming him president of the local government board with a cabinet seat. Burns, in his blue suit, greeted the news with a brisk pledge, saying it was the best thing Campbell-Bannerman had done.
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Bannerman
John Burns
London
Ottawa Journal
Sir Henry
Burns
Labor
Mr. Burns
Co. B
C. B
Sir Henry Campbell
Pay Changes Likely In Army Pay Rules Reforms
Ottawa report says two changes in army pay and allowances are under review by Defence Minister Ralston. One would modify penalties on soldiers AWOL who return to duty and reduce hardship by adjusting dependent allowances. The other discusses a mother’s $25 monthly allowance when the soldier assigns his pay.
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OTTAWA
Defence
Ralston
house of commons
A.W.L
Col. Ralston
The Day In Parliament House to tackle non-war defence estimates
The Canadian Press report notes the house of commons will address non war defence department estimates. The senate is adjourned to March 7. Yesterday Defence Minister Ralston said changes are under review to pay and allowances for soldiers who go absent without leave and return and for soldiers whose wives earn little income. Labor Minister Mitchell tables a new labor relations code.
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house of commons
defence department
senate
house
Defence
Ralston
Labor
Mitchell
Slavs Drive Into Italy Across Slovene Border
Yugoslav Partisan forces crossed the Isonzo River between Gorizia and Tolmina and occupied the right bank, engaging German troops south of Caporetto. The broadcast also cited heavy fighting in Zagorje between Ludbreg and Koprivilica, with 100 Germans killed in a train collision near Skopje and Partisans derailing another train on the Belgrade Salonika line.
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LONDON
C.P
Italy
Caporetto
Josip Broz
Tito
free Yugoslav radio
Patriot
Isonzo
Gorizia
Tolmina
Zagorje
Ludbreg
Koprivilica
Skopje
Yugoslavia
Vranje
Kumanov
Belgrade
Salonika
Six Tokyo Shins Sunk in Allied Air Attack
Allied forces reported in a Southwest Pacific communiqué that six Japanese ships were sunk or damaged from an Allied air assault on a convoy bound for Bougainville’s garrison. The hits hit a tanker, transports, cargo ships, and an escorting destroyer near Massau Island off New Ireland.
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ROBERT EUNSON
Associated Press
ALLIED
Southwest Pacific
Bismarrchipelago
Massau Island
New Ireland
Green Islands
New
Treasury Islands
Solomons
Rabaul
New Britain
Rapopo
Wunawanau
Tobera
Natural Resources in Infancy Turner Valley Oilfield Mentioned
EDMONTON Feb 18 Alberta's natural resources including Turner Valley are in their infancy and must be encouraged says Hon N E Tanner minister of lands and mines in the legislature. He criticizes monopolies and argues for fair profits and taxation on excessive company gains while noting past land grants to large firms.
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EDMONTON
Alberta
Turner Valley
N. E. Tanner
Tanner
McMurray
Elmer Roper
C.C.F
Mr. Tanner
Parliamentary News Bulletins on Naturalization Debates
Ottawa February 18 Howard Green urged giving the Defence of Canada Regulations committee power to handle naturalization and deportation questions. The motion to form a 1944 committee passed after debate with calls for open hearings and invites to naturalization judges. Proposals included English instruction for applicants and ceremonies for 21st birthdays, with dual citizenship concerns for Japanese Canadians. Support cited Houde case and need for prep schools while noting literacy barriers and potential entry deadlines for immigrants.
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OTTAWA
Howard Green
P.C
Vancouver South
commons
house committee on Defence of Canada
Justice
St. Laurent
Green
house
Canada
Empire
Mr. Green
J. W. Noseworthy
C.C.F
York South
Liguori Lacombe
Cdn
Laval- Two Mountains
Camillien Houde
Montreal
Houde
E. G. Hansell
N.D
Macleod
Boy's Town Proposed by Campbell in Alberta Debate
Dr. P M Campbell, Alberta MLA, urged in the legislature that a "Boy's Town" be established to reform delinquent youths, criticizing reform schools. He backed a public welfare department and favored a streamlined throne speech reply with the premier and treasurer speaking in sequence.
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EDMONTON
P. M. Campbell
Lethbridge
Alberta
Turner Valley
department of public welfare
H A E COO Dies in Toronto at 78
Herbert A E Coo, 78, retired jeweller engraver and former Hamilton alderman, died in Toronto yesterday. A native of Toronto he had returned from Hamilton 10 years ago. Surviving is a brother W C Coo of Toronto.
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H. A. E. COO
TORONTO
Herbert A. E. Coo
Hamilton
W. C. Coo
Japanese forces engaged in fierce action at Truk
Chinese report from New York citing Tokyo broadcasts about motorized Japanese troops opposing American landings on Truk. The Exchange indicates the action is ongoing and strong forces are involved, with timing about eight hours after Tokyo acknowledged the operation.
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NEW YORK
Chungking
U.S
Truk
Tokyo
US Carrier Forces Attack Truk In Pacific Offensive
Dawn reports indicate heavy air and naval assault on Truk by American carrier task forces. Nimitz announced the attack as warships, planes, and battleships coordinated a strike on the fortified lagoon, following Kwajalein’s conquest.
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Truk
Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
United States Pacific fleet
Kwajalein atoll
Marshalls
United States
Pacific
Italy's No 1 Nazi Killed In Air Raid
Madrid dispatch reports Otto Platte, 48, northern Italy's top Nazi, killed in an air raid on February 8 while on a special mission. A small paid notice in Voelkischer Beobachter said he died in bombing and was buried at Adice. he was party chieftain of all Nazis in Italy.
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MADRID
Brenner Pass
Otto Platte
Italy
nhewspaper Voelkischer Beobachter
Platte
Fuhhrer
Adice
Calgary to Promote Golden Pheasant Game Bird
Calgary announces a 1938 effort led by K M Leach to establish the golden pheasant as a game bird in the Calgary district this year. The move aims to boost local hunting and sporting activity with formal recognition of the species for regulated use.
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ALBERTA
CALGARY
K. M. Leach
Dismemberment Planned for Defeated Enemies
In the British House of Commons Foreign Secretary Eden signaled that Germany and other enemy nations could face dismemberment after defeat. He said the Atlantic Charter does not apply to enemy countries. Reports say Russia presented proposals to the European advisory commission, which has received views from Britain and the U.S. and operates under strict censorship.
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ONDON
C.P
Germany
Eden
Russia
European advisory commission
commission
Ask Warning On Vote Call
EDMONTON Feb 18 J Percy Page an independent Edmonton urged the Alberta government to give ample warning when a provincial general election is to be called He spoke during the throne speech debate urging full public enlightenment on each party platform and pressed for free education asserting education should be free as the air and should not be deterred by financial inability
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EDMONTON
J. Percy Page
ind
Alberta
Page
Edmonton high school
Nova Scotia skipper awarded for wartime port defense
Sydneys commander Capt. Clayton L. Guy received a bronze medal oak leaf cluster after his small Nova Scotia vessel on special war duty saved several merchant ships during a Newfoundland port attack by a German submarine. Guy opened fire as the Uboat surfaced, torpedoed and sank one ship, earning commendation from the Dominion government last November.
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SYDNEY
N.S
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Clayton L. Guy
Guy
Maple Leaf Honored by Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
The Maple Leaf Ottawa, the official paper of the Canadian army in Italy, was made an honorary member of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association by its directors at their annual meeting on Thursday.
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OTTAWA
Maple Leaf
Italy
Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
Nazis Evacuate Staraya Russa Quietly As Front Crumbles
London reports Germans announce evacuation of Staraya Russa, a key base between Leningrad and Smolensk, amid a widening Russian push. Stalin claims a major Korsun–Dnieper victory with 52,000 killed and 11,000 captured, while Berlin cites a retreat to shorten the front and gain reserves.
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LONDON
Staraya Russa
Leningrad
Smolensk
Russia
Red Army
Lake Imen
Korsun
Dnieper
Stalingrad
Stalin
Berlin
Baltic states
Germany
Moscow
Lovat
Novgorod
Lake Timen
Pskov
Staraya
Russa
Take
Shimsk
Roosevelt vetoes anti subsidy bill over inflation fear
President Roosevelt rejected a congress passed subsidy cut bill as inflationary and a food shortage measure. He warned ending subsidies would reverse Economic Stabilization Act, raise food costs and push up wages, munitions, and supplies for the armed forces.
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WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
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Carroceto
Aprilia
Hitler
Domei
Pacific fleet
office of war information
CHARLES H. McMURTRY
Japan
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Hudson's Bay Company
Dominion
TURAL RESOURCES counties
Campbell
Honor “Maple Leaf
Staraya Base
Korson
JAMES M. LONG
FDR
KNOX
Navy
Frank Knox
Raymond Spruance
Central Pacific fleet
Lake Simen
U.S. HOUSE
house of representatives
ROME
ETERNAL CITY
Rome radio
REGINA
John
Harry
Steele Briggs
Jeh
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